direction vs authorization

authorization vs direction

direction and authorization both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
direction	Yes	No	No	No
authorization	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, authorization is a hyponym of direction; that is, authorization is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than direction:

direction: the act of managing something
authorization: the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant

Other hyponyms of direction include conducting, database management, finance, homemaking, misconduct, misdirection, mismanagement, handling, treatment, oversight, superintendence, supervising, supervision, administration, disposal, authorisation, empowerment, disenfranchisement, canalisation, canalization, channelisation, channelization, guidance, steering.

direction (noun)	authorization (noun)
the act of managing something	the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
the act of setting and holding a course	the power or right to give orders or make decisions
a general course along which something has a tendency to develop	official permission or approval
the concentration of attention or energy on something	a document giving an official instruction or command
something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
a message describing how something is to be done
a line leading to a place or point
the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves

Difference between direction and authorization

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